| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native | 
| Description: | Much-branched shrubby perennial, up to 1.5 m. Stems and branches covered in minute velvety hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate, dark green above, paler below, gland-dotted. Flowers pendulous, strongly scented. Calyx bell-shaped; corolla dark purple-brown, velvety on the outside; lip broadly 3-lobed. Fruit encased in the inflated remains of the calyx. | 
| Type location: | Zimbabwe, Matopo Hills | 
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | rhodesiana: of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe, or sometimes Zambia) | 
| Habitat: | In dry open woodland, often on stony ground. | 
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Apr | 
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, South Africa. | 
| FZ divisions: | N | 
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | 
| Images last updated: | Monday 28 December 2015 | 
| Literature: | Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 837. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 55. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35. Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 576 - 577. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 272. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 57. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 15 - 16. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 80. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 216. |